Table of C O N T E N T S. 
SECT. XlV. 
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The Difcoveries made by the Spaniards in the Pro- 
vince called Golden Cajiile 5 their firft Know- 
ledge of the South Sea^ and their Eftablifhment 
of Fanama^ by which a PalTage was opened to 
the Difcovery and Conqueft of the great Empire 
oi Veru, 136 
SECT. XV. 
The Hiftory of the Difcovery and Conqueft of the 
Empire of Peru by Francis Pizarro ; together 
with the Difcovery of Chiliy and the Conqueft 
of that Country alfo, • 143 
SECT. XVI. 
A Concife Hiftory 
and Cultivation 
t 
the Conqueft of 
try by the Dutch 
Portuguefe ; and 
accrued to them 
Colony. 
S E 
of the Difcovery, Settlement, 
of Brazil by the Portuguefe j 
the greateft Part of that Coun- 
j the Recovery thereof by the 
the vaft Advantages that have 
of late Years ftom this noble 
166 
CT. XVII. 
The Difcoveries and Settlements made by the Eng- 
lijh in different Parts America , from the Reign 
of Henry VII. to the clofe of that of Queen 
Elizabethy interfperfed with various Remarks 
on the Progrefs of our Trade and Naval Power; 
and the Difficulties which the Nation had to 
ftruggle with in their lirft Attempts. 189 
SECT. XVIII. 
The Hiftory of the Difcoveries, Settlements, and 
other Tranfadlions of the Englijh Nation in 
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AfnericUy from the Acceffion of King James I. 
to the Reftoration. 221 
SECT. XIX. 
An Hiftorical Account of the Britifh Settlements 
in AmericUy from the Reftoration of King 
Charles IL to the Revolution. 274 
SECT. XX. 
The Hiftory of the Britifh Colonies in Americay 
from the Revolution to the Death of his late 
Majefty King George L , 
SECT. XXL 
The Hiftory of the Rife, Progrefs, and prefent 
State of the Colony of GeorgiUy with the At- 
tempt made upon it by the Spaniardsy and their 
total Defeat ; interfperfed with original Pa- 
pers. ^22 
SECT. XXII. 
A fuccindl Hiftory of the Difcoveries, Settlements, 
and Conquefts made by the French in America ; 
a View of their Policy, Numbers, * Commerce 
and Strength in that Part of the World ; and 
fome Conjedures as to the Event of their De- 
ftgns, extraded chiefly from their own Au- 
thors. 8 
SECT. XXIII. 
The Difcoveries, Conquefts, Settlements, and pre- 
fent State of the Dutch Colonies in A?nerica - 
the Nature and Value of their Commerce with 
the Spaniardsy and the Manner in which their 
Returns are made to Europe ; to which is added 
an Account of the Danijh Settlement ; the whole 
colleded chiefly from the Writers. 364 
BOOK II. 
Voyages and Difcoveries towards the North, and through moft of the 
Countries of E u R o P e. 
C H A P. I. 
T^he Difcoveries made direSlly towards the North, and the Attempts hitherto made for 
finding the North-Eaft and North-Weft-Paffages. 
tering in Charlton Ifland, and wonderful Return 
with his Ship and moft of the Crew into Eng- 
land, 406 
SECT. IV. 
The late Attempts made for the Difcovery of a 
Paffage to the South-Seas from Hudfon^^-B^agy 
more particularly that of Captain Chrifiopher 
Middletony Commander of his Majefty’s Sloop 
T 
SECT. I. 
HE Hiftory of the Countries lying round 
the North Pole, their Climate, Soil and 
Produce, together with an Account of the 
Cuftoms, Manners, and Trade of their Inha- 
bitants. 377 
SECT. II. 
The rational and philofophical Motives for feeking 
a Paffage into the South-Seasy by the North- 
Weft, examined and explained ; together with 
the Hiftory of the Attempts made ^ith that 
View for the Space of One hundred and thirty 
Years. 399 
SECT. HI. 
The accurate and admirable Voyage of Captain 
Sfhomas JameSy for the Difcovery of a Paffage 
into the South-Seashy the North weft, his win- 
the Furnace. 
437 
SECT. V. 
A fuccindt Account of the Grounds c.. 
which a North-eaft Paffage into the Sea of 2 
pan has been expeded and fought for. 1 
Attempts of the Englijh and Dutch on tj 
Side, with the Reafons why all Thoughts of 
Paflage that Way have been for many 
given up. 
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